Dynamics of Pro-Market Institutions and Firm Performance

23 Pages Posted: 27 Aug 2018

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Elitsa R. Banalieva

Northeastern University; Northeastern University - International Business & Strategy

Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra

Northeastern University - Department of International Business and Strategy

Ravi Sarathy

Northeastern University - International Business & Strategy

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Date Written: June 2018

Abstract

We analyze how pro-market institutions affect firm performance in emerging markets. Integrating transaction costs and signaling theory, we advance three arguments. First, we separate four dynamic components of pro-market institutions: intensifying and fading pro-market reforms and intensifying and fading pro-market reversals. Second, we propose an asymmetric dynamic view whereby not only intensifying reforms but also fading reversals improve firm performance, while not only fading reforms but also intensifying reversals reduce performance. Finally, we argue that more efficient firms perform better under each of the dynamics. We test these arguments on a sample of 1092 firms from 34 emerging markets during 1998–2011.

Keywords: pro-market institutions, pro-market reversals, pro-market reforms, institutional economics, transaction costs, signaling theory, efficiency, performance, emerging markets

Suggested Citation

Banalieva, Elitsa R. and Cuervo-Cazurra, Alvaro and Sarathy, Ravi, Dynamics of Pro-Market Institutions and Firm Performance (June 2018). Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 49, Issue 7, 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3238625 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41267-018-0155-7

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